Psychology A-Level
reporting conventions
What reporting conventions means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of reporting conventions
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Reference: OCR
Expressing the outcome of an inferential test in the conventional form, including the test name, calculated value, degrees of freedom or participant number, and the appropriate significance level using symbols.
Topics that use reporting conventions
- D.2 – algebra (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Chi-square test
- degrees of freedom
- levels of significance
- mathematical symbols
- Statistical calculations
- Substitution into formulae
- algebraic rearrangement
- Units and physical quantities
Using reporting conventions in the exam
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